1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - High Jump (Women)

sport	athletics
discipline	high jump
gender	Women
Attendees	10 athletes from 6 countries
Competition location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Competition phase	August 7, 1932
Medalists Jean Shiley ( USA )   Mildred Didrikson ( USA )   Eva Dawes ( CAN )

The women's high jump at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was held on August 7, 1932 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . Ten athletes took part.

The American Jean Shiley was Olympic champion with a new world record ahead of her compatriot Mildred Didrikson . The Canadian Eva Dawes won the bronze medal.

Existing records

• World record : 1.62 m - Lien Gisolf ( Netherlands ), Amsterdam , June 12, 1932
• Olympic record : 1,595 m - Ethel Catherwood ( Canada ), Amsterdam Olympic final , August 5, 1928

Conducting the competition

Because of the small number of starters, the competition was held without a qualifying round. The athletes entered the final together on August 7th. There was not yet a rule of multiple attempts or failed attempts.

Olympic Champion Jean Shiley (USA)

final

Date: August 7, 1932

Both Jean Shiley and Mildred Didrikson kept clear up to and including 1.625 m. Both athletes, Shiley in the first and Didrikson in the second attempt, also jumped the new world record height of 1.65 m. However, both failed at the next height of 1.67 m. Since there was still no rule of multiple attempts or failed attempts, there was now a jump-off. Both now crossed the 1.67 m. Didrikson's attempt was not recognized, however, because she crossed the bar head first - referred to as "diving", which was not permitted under the rules of the time. It was strange, however, that Didrikson had contested the entire competition with this jumping style, which should no longer be legal in the jump-off. The Canadian Eva Dawes won the bronze medal with 1.60 m.

The 1.67 meters jumped by Jean Shiley were not recognized as a world record, as they had been crossed in the jump-off and not during the regular three attempts. The end result also shows the regularly skipped height as the end result.

The following table shows the jumps from a height of 1.55 m and is therefore not complete. The attempts previously jumped are not listed because no more information can be found.

space	Surname	nation	height	1.55 m	1.575 m	1.60 m	1.625 m	1.65 m	1.67 m	annotation
1	Jean Shiley	United States	1,650 m	O	O	O	O	O	xxx	WR / jump-off: 1.67 m
2	Mildred Didrikson	United States	1,650 m	O	O	O	O	xo	xxx	WR
3	Eva Dawes	Canada	1,600 m	O	O	xo	xxx
4th	Lien Gisolf	Netherlands	1.575 m	xxo	O	xxx
5	Marjorie Clark	South African Union	1.575 m	xxo	xxo	xxx
6th	Annette Rogers	United States	1.575 m	O	xxo	xxx
7th	Helma Notte	German Empire	1,550 m	O	xxx
8th	Yuriko Hirohashi	Japan	1,490 m	Test sequence unknown
9	Yaeko Sagara	Japan	1,460 m
10	Ellen Braumüller	German Empire	1,410 m

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 249f

Web links

• SportsReference high jump , accessed September 19, 2017
• Official report pp. 472–473, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 19, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 644 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)
3. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 250